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Director put workers at risk on unnecessary building project
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Director put workers at risk on unnecessary building project
Home workers lack DSE support, survey finds
Ergonomics
Home workers lack DSE support, survey finds
Manufacturers resent HSE less for FFI but remain wary, survey finds
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Manufacturers resent HSE less for FFI but remain wary, survey finds

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Personal injury
RoSPA urges employers to cut non-work injuries

Businesses should apply OSH principles to out-of-work activities to reduce staff injuries, says the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
Asbestos
Asbestos negligence during refurb earns building owner six months in prison

A Manchester-based businessman has been given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, after failing to survey a property for asbestos before starting major refurbishment work.
Work equipment
IKEA pays £100k after untrained engineer lost fingers in fan

IKEA must pay a £100,000 after a maintenance engineer lost part of two fingers while checking a fault to a fan on the roof of the furniture retailer’s Bristol branch.
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PPE for women
PPE special: Unready to wear
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Safety gloves
PPE special: Help at hand
donning and doffing PPE
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Donning and doffing
PPE special: Getting your kit off (and on)

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Vibration
Vibration monitoring
Shaken and stirred

We delve into the contentious subject of whether off-tool vibration measurement is an acceptable method. 
Migrant workers
Conference report
Food and drink sector conference 2018

Exoskeletons, managing foreign workers and influencing work design were among the themes at this year’s event. 
Young workers
Outreach
Class acts

How can practitioners enthuse school students and young people about safety and health?
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Columns

Dr Shaun Davis, Global director, safety, health, wellbeing and sustainability, Royal Mail
Dr Shaun Davis
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how stigma can be the worst aspect of mental ill health

Andrew Sharman CFIOSH
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why humility is a critical survival skill for OSH leaders

Products and services

Curotec sets new standards in workplace vibration management
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Curotec sets new standards in workplace vibration management
Q2 from Curotec – continual vibration monitoring
Vibration
The Q2 from Curotec – continual vibration monitoring promotes strict legal compliance and supplies...
The new Falcon and Apollo From Solid Gear - high tech safety boots for the winter
Personal protective equipment
The new Falcon and Apollo From Solid Gear - high tech safety boots for the winter

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Evac+Chair International launches White Paper on Changing Nature of Risk

From building design, maintenance and refurbishment through to workforce diversity, there are many reasons why businesses and organisations need to rethink their approach to risk, especially when it comes to the safety and wellbeing of the people visiting, working or living in buildings of all...
Personal protective equipment
Glove Testing Seminar, Thursday 1st November 2018 at SATRA, Kettering, Northamptonshire

SATRA, an independent testing and research organisation, will be holding a seminar for participants to learn more about the PPE regulation changes and glove testing standards at its head office in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
Lone workers
PHS Compliance equips its engineers with Panasonic handhelds

The rugged Panasonic Toughpad FZ-N1 handhelds are ideal for voice, data and applications for the mobile workforce
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